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Revisit NASA's Mars Pathfinder and Rover (360 View)

Feb 26, 2016

Explore a 360-degree interactive view of the site where NASA's Pathfinder mission and its Sojourner rover landed on the Red Planet in 1997: http://bitly.com/360pathfinder

Use your mouse or mobile device to explore the site on the Red Planet where NASA's first Mars rover mission, Pathfinder, landed in 1997.

You can explore the landing site of NASA's Pathfinder mission with your mouse or mobile device. This 360-degree view uses images taken in 1997 displayed using present-day technology. It includes the lander's companion rover, Sojourner - the first rover on Mars- and top science targets.

Not all Web browsers support viewing 360-degree videos and images. Best viewed in Google Chrome.

See and download the static panorama from:

http://go.nasa.gov/1TcjxuN

Pathfinder arrived at Mars on July 4, 1997, using a new airbag technology to cushion the landing. From landing until the final data transmission on Sept. 27, 1997, Pathfinder returned 2.3 billion bits of information, including more than 16,500 images from the lander and 550 from the rover.

Pathfinder lived up to its name by paving the way for future NASA Mars rovers, including the Mars Exploration rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, which used similar airbag technology to land in January 2004, and Curiosity, which landed in August 2012 utilizing a daring and innovative sky crane technology. Opportunity and Curiosity continue operating on the surface of Mars and returning data.

Click the links below to find out more about each point of interest.

Pathfinder Lander and Sojourner Rover

http://mars.nasa.gov/MPF/index1.html

Mission Facts [PDF]:

http://go.nasa.gov/21ndzM7

Yogi

http://go.nasa.gov/21ndEiO

Twin Peaks

http://go.nasa.gov/21ndHeD

Barnacle Bill

http://go.nasa.gov/21ndKqF

Rock Garden

http://go.nasa.gov/21ndRTi

Science Results

http://go.nasa.gov/1R89ArV

Rock and Soil Types

http://go.nasa.gov/21ne5JY

This vista was stitched together from many images taken in 1997 by Pathfinder. For more information, visit these sites:

http://go.nasa.gov/21nea0b

http://go.nasa.gov/21nebkS

Pathfinder and Sojourner figure into Mark Watney's quest for survival on the Red Planet in the book and movie, "The Martian." See JPL's role in making "The Martian" a reality:

http://go.nasa.gov/1McRrXw

Discover nine real NASA technologies that play role in "The Martian" at:

http://go.nasa.gov/1QiyUiC

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Pathfinder and Sojourner were built and managed by JPL, which also manages NASA's Mars program, the agency's Mars Science Laboratory and its Curiosity rover, the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the Mars Odyssey orbiter and the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project.

Learn more about NASA's "Journey to Mars" at:

http://go.nasa.gov/1hQopFq

News Media Contact

Stephanie L. Smith / Guy Webster

818-393-5464 / 818-354-6278

slsmith@jpl.nasa.gov / guy.webster@jpl.nasa.gov

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